Louis H. Sullivan and a 19th-century poetics of naturalized architecture. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lauren S. Weingarden.
• Other Names: Weingarden, Lauren S, 1948-
• Contents: Introduction : reviewing Sullivan after Modernism -- The Romantic context and Emerson's poetic project for an American art -- John Ruskin : the picturesque discourse and the language of architectural naturalism -- Gothic naturalism and the Ruskinian critical tradition in America -- The auditorium building : a Ruskinian reading -- Ruskin's reception in the Chicago School -- Sullivan's emergence as a landscape poet-architect -- Naturalized technology : Sullivan's theory of skyscraper design -- Ut pictura architectura : Sullivan's pictorial techniques for representing nature in architecture -- The transportation building : Sullivan's manifesto of poeticized architecture -- Epilogue : the problem of Sullivan's poetic legacy.
• Publisher Details: Farnham, England Burlington, VT : Ashgate
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvi, 412 pages, [16] pages of plates), illustrations (some color), maps, plans
• Subjects: 720.92; Decoration and ornament, Architectural; Aesthetics; Decoration and ornament, Architectural; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books; Criticism and interpretation; Aesthetics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351559720; 1351559729
• Related ISBNs: 9780754663089; 0754663086
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-405) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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